Toy bench or settee.



No. 763,617. PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

G. H. LENNON.

TOY BENCH ORSETTBB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1903. N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904:

GEORGE H. LENNON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TOY BENCH 0R SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,617, dated June 28,1904. Application filed November 10 1903. Serial No. 180,588. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. LENNON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toy Benches or Settees, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My inventionrelates to toy benches or settees; and my object is toconstruct a bench or settee composed partly of sheet metal and partly ofwood without the use of nails or brads and collapsible, so that theywill be convenient for packing and, further, can be manufacturedexpeditiously and at a very small cost. I attain these results by meansof the structure shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of atoy bench or settee embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is an end View of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectionView through one of the wooden top plates at B. Fig. 4 is an enlargedview of the supporting portion, showing clamp. Figs. 5 and 6 are detailviews of the construction.

The seat and back of the toy bench or settee are formed of strips ofwood C C C, Fig. 1. The supporting portions and legs of the bench areformed from strips of sheet metal A D B, Figs. 2 and 6, in the style ofbench shown being bent nearly in the shape of the letter S, the lowerportion of the 8 being bent downward and flanged to form the leg A andthe upper portion being bent backward and doubled along itself d d, Fig.52, forming the back clamped at F and the remaining portion flanged andbent to form the back leg. Two similar supporting portions are used neareach end of the wood strips.

In forming the toy bench or settee the sheetmetal strips are stamped asshown in Fig. 6, having dart-shaped points K K K struck up out of andapproximately at right angles to the plane of the blank of sheet metal,having a similar projection Fmade in the opposite direction having ahole stamped at G, and having portions A and B of sufiicient length toform the strips is shown in Fig.

legs of the bench or settee. Wooden strips are then impaled on thefirst-named points. (The position of a projection in one of the woodenThe sheet metal is then bent so that the portion (Z (Z B folds back andis doubled along itself and so that projection F enters the hole G. Theprojection F is then bent over and clamped, as shown in Fig. 4. A likepiece is attached to the same side of the wood strips near the oppositeends.

The article then has the shape shown in Fig.

5 and is in a form convenient for packing. Any desired shape may then begiven the bench by bending the sheet metal and by varying the number ofwooden strips used as seat and back portions. The legs may be straightor shaped or bent in any suitable or well known manner.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. Aflexible toy bench or settee constructed as described, andconsisting of wood strips C, C, C, and supporting portions of thin,semirigid but foldable sheet metal, D, (Z, 62, having points R, R,projected out thereof and into a said wooden strips C, C, C, connectingthe having one extension, A, forming the front legs, and anotherextension 0Z, (Z, bent back upon itself forming the support of the backof the bench and secured by a dart-shaped point F, broken out of thesheet metal in an opposite direction from the first-named points andclamped through the hole G in the lastnamed extension, and a portion, B,of the lastnamed extension forming the rearlegs of the bench.

2. A toy bench or settee composed of wood top plates, forming seat orback, and two supporting-frames of sheet metal having dartshaped pointsprojected out of the sheet metal and penetrating the wood top plates,said frames having one extension forming the front legs, and anotherextension of the sheet metal bent back upon itself forming the supportof the back of the bench and secured by a dartshaped point broken out ofthe sheet metal in an opposite direction from the first-named nesses, atBaltimore city, in the State of Marypoints and clamped through ahole inthe lastland, this 6th day of November 1903.

named extension, and a portionof said lastw named extension forming therear legs of the GEORGE LENNON 5 bench. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I have hereunto WILLIAM G. SOWERS, signed my name,in the presence of two wit- CHARLES A. JEFFERSON.

